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Flashes from AFAR Unit'd Preu Full L'urd Wir iii a ti A NEWSPAPER DEDICATED TO THEJWTERESTSqrjj THE SANTA MAPIA VALLEY SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1930. WULKLV VOLUME XLVIII, No. 16 Mil LffiR TI fin ini U. S. DIRIGIBLE DOWN.

BIDDEFORD, Aug. 2 (U.R) Unable to proceed because of strong headwinds, the United States naval dirigible 827 made a forced landir on a cornfield here today. The craft, in charge of Commander Philip Seymour, had been on a cruise up the Maine coast and was en route back to Lakehurst, N. at the time of the mishap. ie Kf Bureau Tells Count in R-100 in America After a stormy crossing of the Atlantic, the great British dirigible R-100 arrived safely in Canada to receive plaudits of the world.

The airship is shown here moored to the mast at St. Hubert airport, Montreal. This photograph, made in Canada by NEA Service, immediately the ship arrived, was rushed by airplane to New York and there transmitted by telephoto wires to I.os Angeles and the Da ily Times. PILOT DOING STUNTS KILED IN CRACK-UP KINGSTON, N. Aug.

2 (U.R) While greeting his sweetheart in! the form of dips and circles above her home. Nathan N. Prentiss, 28, of Brookfield, apparently last control of his airplane and crashed into a mountainside near Wood-stock. He died almost instantly. SCHILDKRAUT LEAVES LITTLE LOS ANGELES, Aug.

2. (U.R) The entire estate of Rudolph Schildkraut, motion picture character actor, was apnrai.sed at $750 in a probate application on file in superior court here today. Mrs. Erna Schildkraut, the widow, who was sole beneficiary said the estate consisted of an automobile and some stock. Schildkraut left no will.

VIVIAN DUNCAN ON HONEYMOON xr reno, Nev Aug. 2 (u.R) Vivian General Increase Is Noted Duncan, the taller of the two! ml Duncan sister, and Nils Asther. inrOUgllOUt All Scandinavian screen actor, started i cn a honeymoon today after a quiet UzOUniry wedding ceremony in a civil court here yesterday. Rosetta Duncan, sister of the bride, attended her at the marriage performed by Judge Thomas Moran, who said afterward he did not know thev were prominent person- ao-es and had not even remembered Official Total Population their names. tt ci tti i.

of U. S. Expected Shortly NEW EPISCOPAL Census -T tt ER PARKER SHOT TO DEATH IT ZELK ROME jYoung Man Slain When Nephew Accidentally Shoots Gun I SCHEDULE INQUEST THIS AFTERNOON Youngster Kills Uncle in Friendly Tussle on North Vine Scuffling for a loaded automatic revolver with his 14-year-old nephew cast Walter S. Parkpr, 22, his life late yesterday afternoon at the homp of his half-brother, George Zelk. automobile dealer, 712 North Vine street, Parker was shot through the chest and almost instantly killed by a bullet from thp .25 calibre re-jvolvpr in the hands of James Dof-flemeyer.

14. his nephew from San Francisco who is visiting the Zelk homp. According to a reconstructed story of the accident, young Doffle- Gang Leader Celebrates i Return With Party as Enemy Dies DANCE HALL DEATH SITE, Men Disrupt Resort to Put Jack Zuta On Spot CHICAGO. Aug. 2 (UP) Murder marked "Scarface" A1 Capone's re-.

turn to his old haunts today. While the gang leader was rest-! ing in Cicero after celebrating his return with a party for 100 word came from Ddafield. that the victim of a gang attack1 there in the night had been jtified tentatively as Jack Zuta, one, of Caoone's most militant premies. MINISTER HERE States Try to Pick Up Dinosaur Tracks Again FLAGSTAFF, Aug. 2 U.R' Gilbert Gable, Philadelphia, and I)r.

Buruum Brown, New York, (he scientists who tried to move dinosaur tracks near Cameron, last fall, arrived here today to search for traces of early reptiles and fossils. The scientists plan another visit to Dinosaur canyon, famous for tracks in limestone made by prehistoric mammals. They were revented from moving specimens of the tracks several months ago. YOUNG IDS START RIOTS UOmmUMSt otUdOlltS in North and South on Rampage white dresses with red scarfs. they constitute the basis for-Rev.

A. L. Walters of Reedlev. Cal. reanportionment of seats in the arrived here last meht to fill thei nulnit during the month of August Hou of Representatives the cen-, at St.

Peter's Episcopal church. sus bureau announced today that Rev. Walfe-s w'll rarlace Rev. i Arthur C. Dodee who has resigned his position as rector, of the local Fnisronal congregation to teach in jmever had the weapon in the house, LOS ANGELES.

Aug. 2 (u.R) 'alt hough it had beer, hidden by i As business manager of he Mo- f(mr communists. I Zelk some time ago. Parker en- mnrHnv Aifwrt i Tirade nlost of Uiem Vung students. were Trcd the room and in a teasing of the murdei of.

Allied J. Ln gl i)pd jn tbp pity jail and juvenije manner attempted to take the re-, Chicago Tribune police reporter )iall today as thp rPSult of a fipor volver from thp lad. TIip boy held who was Capones fnend Zuta n. r- dj demonstration here last it desperately and during the jrowlv escaped assassination in the kPmp thp trim-er rficr-w. pulled the trigger, the Santa Maria union high school amost daily, it is probable the offi-Hp will instruct classes in history caJ total population of the country and nhilosophv.

both in the high wl be announced before many, school ancf junior college. weeks. Thp new minister probably will remain here for the one month to be succeeded by another pastor as vet unchosen. YANKEE STADIUM. New York, Aug.

2 (U.R) Babe Ruth hit his 39th home run of the season todav in the sixth inning of the second game of a double-header with the Washington Senators. Fred Mar-berry was pitching. NATIONAL At Boston, first game Phila 000 000 101 2 7 0 Easton 200 000 lOx 3 10 2 1 nnI TAn imp ggj Collard, Elliott and Davis; Chicago Loop a month ago. TJ.T'TTf 1Glh tion7r UiehWcon7inummef rel i Forewarnedof 'the Parker, mortally wounded, jS vpt, 01 the I will prove, according to the police. P'f 'that the Cn nones alwavs ert their iy0llnB h0-''5 and e'Is al'nved and Judge L.

Morr.s, dpputy coro-(that the Capones alwavs pet th wavinf rpd in shouted a.s to conduct an inquest this I 1. Murderers 'protest against another at 4 oclock. (onfident Murd.rers Imperialistic war The body is at the Dudley-Brad- The Wisconsin murder was war. 'ford Funeral Homp where fur era 1 IrnteH with the same eonfiflent skill; Later other groups arrived and funeral riome wnere lur.erat cuted with the sam (oniidint sun severai hours before nolice had arranKPmPnts arp bpmg made for that have marked numerous other UI! DtIore ponce naa rnin crimes which the police have crcd- rioters and lodged them) lited to Capone gunmen. on charges ranging from After the body was picked up the Parading without, a permit to bat-inevitable bootleggers list" was tery.

Two policemen alleged the found in one pocket and the usual communists kicked them during large roll of bills in the other, the melee, and several communists Waukesha county authorities said turn were clubbed, the bills amounted to $1900. i O'16 the women was jailed The scene of the shooting was aftpr she smashed a box of aged the Lake View resort hotel at Dela- araPPS ver the head of detective field. 25 miles west of Milwaukee. Charles Evans as he grappled with Gaiety was reaching its crest near several men. Evans was bmised midnight at the hotel.

The player before fellow officers could rescue 1 piano was playing a fox trot and him. I approximately 20 couples were slid-! The young girls were dressed in anni-iscl)fflp discharg-ing the bullet which struck his MeNEIL, Aug. 2. Four persons were killed and several in-iuied when two cottonbelt freight trains collided two miles northeast of here this afternoon. The engineer and fireman of the northbound train and two men on the southbound freight WASHINGTON, Aug.

2 (U.R) 1 With the official state populations i awaited with interest, inasmuch final returns have been received; from one-third of the 48 states, As final other states are beins received by the bureau Returns from the 16 states thus far reported show the population; of the country has continued to erowr steadily despite mid restric-j tions on immigration during the last half of the 10-year-period. These states reoorted total popula-' tion of 25,557,914, an increase of 10.9 per cent over 1920 when their; jageresate was 23.419,364. Nearlv all these states are in, the east and south and include. many 0f the older regions in which tine erowth of population has slow- ed down as compared with other sections. Of the states officially reported, Florida showed the greatest gain in population, increasing 51.4 per cent from 968,470 in 1920 to 1,465,969.

Floridas neighbor. Georgia, re- porte(j smallest proportionate 223.003 2.930.390 2.404.021 768 014 1.449.661 1,790.618 443083 604.397 1.683.724 352.428 2.309.187 1.463.701 6.2 10.1 2.7 4.1 12.1 T-iawar osc ocq Jn 2.467.900 700 692 Maryland .1.625 279 Miss .2.007.743 New Hamp. 463.749 Rhode Isl 687.020 S. Carolina 1.732 271 Vermont 369.092 1 5.7; Virginia 2.418.075 W. Virginia 1.728.510 What affect these returns have upon reapportionment house seats still is problem atical.

It will be impossible to determine exactly how manv seats any state will have until all the totals are in. Southern Cross Not to Be Seen At County Fair 2.9 4.7! 1 1 wiH of CANADA GREETS a i 4. rn Official Reception Is Ten- an TOIL 2,851 Figure Is Increase Over That Run Up Two Years Ago Santa Maria voters to the number of 2,858 have a right to cast ballots at the primary election on the 26th a small increase over ling about the dance floor. At the same time "Scarface cam. Georgias increase was onlv 0.2 Der eent, from 2,895,832 in 1920 2.902.127.

Returns from the other 14 states Pop'ln p0Din pct. In 1930 In 1920 Gaind Arkansas ....1.853 9R1 1.752.204 4.8 Connecticut l.fi02.23 1.380.631 16. Spelling Is 1 Downfall of Extortioner LONG BEACH, Aug. 2 (U.R) Charles W. Perkins method of spelling healthier had led to his arrest today on a charge of sending threatening letters to J.

S. Baker, wealthy oil man. Officers reported! Perkins was trapped into a confession of the attempted extortion when they asked him to spell the word. In the letters Baker had been warned it would be "healttier for him to send the money than die in an explosion. Perkins wrote the word and misspelled it as it was in the letters.

He said he had been unable to obtain work and was in debt, police said. (Capone was entertaining 100 guests FOR BIDS ON is the Hotel Western in Cicero, a NEW AERIAL ROUTES west side Chicago suburb. He was! celebrating his return from Miami' WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (VR) Tlie (where the climate, not to mention department Issued today authorities, got too hot for a cfn for bids for tw new Lrans-j monikfau canaaa, Aug. i. nf)ijPP thpnrv that continental air routes running from (U.R) Canada began its program Wisconsin kllinf, a.s a Ca-few York to Angeles, and' welcome today to the 44 Brit ish p0ne job may be wrong.

from Atlanta. to Los Angeles. aviators whose flight across thej While I was standing at the north Atlantic and up the storm door the dance hall seven ori 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2 (U.R) 1 mpn today held up and robbed EIsip InRaHs. cashier of the.

New ortbnpedic total in 1928. Countv Clerk D. F. Hunt last night the registration for all Santa Barbara county dis-18 tricts. Santa Barbara city leads with 12.815 persons, an increase of 2092 JCidUllU dll IHLltdO'.

Vl wv of Tflwronrp vallev brought men waJked in quietly, C. A. uci.m.iuum swept 8t. Lati r. nee vauey orougnt jdt rvewitness said two 'rpIpasp Tom Moonev and Warron lotjipe of the hosp.tal, and escaped the Dominion into closer touch nmiat, an eyevutness said tvo Rim recognition of the a $5500 payroll with the mother country and fore-of them stopped near the door and "11JlnKS and recognition of the: 1 -v witn the motn.r country ana lore aRalnst the wa1 government, over 500 com-.

Describes Killing jmunists staged a near riot here last I think there were five before policemen with drawn, who came on into the hall where revolvers dispersed them. R-100 was set for 3 p. today, a number of couples were Artimes Stauriamidakes. 45, dur1 Quietlu Today When, the authorities of the Do-'Thpy waited until the music the hemlit of the demonstra-j minion and provincial governments. Ped.

Then they closed in on their tion attacked Policeman A. J. Walsh, LOMPOC One of the heaviest frantcport Kv Aug 9 dip) of the municipalities of Mon-r'e1 and pushed aside the girl.win his fists and was later re-'pjtters on the University of Cali-Kenraekv voters wJnt T'the noils treal and St. Hubert, will extend be had beeir dancing with. That moved to a hospital with a laccr-: fornia varslty nine.

Bill Burgett, todav in nnp of thp niiiptitheir congratulations on the sue-P5 1 noticed their guns for atef scalp and placed under 0f Santa Maria, is now working senatorial and conpreionai nri- cessf ill competition of the arduousthe time. They had a short for resisting an officer and.in Lompoc for an oil company. i flight, and express their admira-lmachine gun, several sawed-off distiirbing the peace. Burgett will return to California 'tion of the crews heroism and shotguns and one or two automatic The communists had gathered to complete his university course pistols. i around 5 oclock during the rush He will play on the varsity nine Without any apparent effort (hour of office workers to their and may make a trip to Australia tXeiltllCKy VOtS maries in a decade Long and short term senatorial candidates of both parties were au- Displaying banners demanding hapital jn the train-, were killed when they attempted to jump.

Cottonbelt officials were sent from here to investigate the crash. The four killed were J. E. Simpson. H.

W. Jennings. B. K. White, and L.

McKenzie, all of Pine Bluff, Ark. noBBE YORK. Aug. 2 (U.R) Three Loyal Order of Moose All members are requested to meet at Dudley Bradford Funeral Home at 2 oclock Monday to attend the funeral of John Fylling. bold and Cronin.

At Brooklyn C00 020 13- 0 16 0 Brooklyn 001 100 110 11 6 13 2 Walker, Heving and Hogan; Thurston. Clark, Moss, Heimach and Lopez. At Chicago Pittsburgh 003 032 420 14 16 3 Chicago 040 300 001 8 16 0 pi At Cincinnati Louis 000 030 102 03 9 15 Cincinnati 150 000 000 02 8 19 AMERICAN At first game Boston 000 001 010 2 9 2 Phila 303 300 OOx 9 7 1 Morris, Smith and Heving, Con-nally, Schang; Shores and Cochrane. At New York, first game Washington ....103 410 000 9 13 0 New York 000 000 201 3 8 2 Jones and Spencer; Johnson, Mc-Evoy, Holloway ar.d Dickey, Ben-gough. At Phila.

Boston 320 000 011 7 10 2 Phila 000 000 521 8 15 2 Macfayden, Durham and Berry; Rommel. Mahaffey, Quinn, Earn-shaw and Cochrane. At Detroit Chicago 000 000 002 2 9 5 Detroit 510 103 30x 13 15 1 Thomas, Henry and Tate; Uhle ard Desautels. For QUICK SALE 1929 Model Plymouth Coupe In Excellent Shape Must Go in Week Will Sell at Bargain Phone 673-W er Write Box 17, Times Office r. tt Jto At Boston Ul Phila 010 111 000 0 4 9 Easton 300 000 100 i 5 lj Benge and Rer.sanbee; Sherdel and Spohrer.

with the team! a contemplated ex thejcursion of 1931. The registrations throughout the tomatically nominated, since rone iem had opposition, and their dirigible had moored and Hs'corrier where he was out of the, right of wav be created v.as the County fair week after next wilLYtera J1. consequence, were left Lmcers liad anded. It was the! way of the others. Then without signal for the hub-bub to start and be able to inspect the famous plane, Ryeutj'; has I32, off the ballots.

fThere wrecontests repajr work on the darnaged fin arning, they let him have it banners to be unfurled. I'' rnnorpsilnna by tWO Of the CreW, G. E. Long and L. A.

Moncrieff, while the ship was flying. High in the air over the St. Lawrence valley, darkness around them. in only six of the 11 congressional Following is the complete list: districts, candidates in the others Ballard, 153; Betteravia, 132; being automat cally nominated, ship could be displayed on the'Bue'Iton Careaga, 116; Car-j The senatorial rominees are U. S.

fair grounds, inability to get 577; Csmaha 54; Cojo, Senator John M. Robinson, 472; for both ountv show that are 336 county snow inac ic oflhem'had' Tnnosition and their flight not revealed until oi mem naa opposition, ana ineirto onri they edged their man over into a homes. Policemen demanding a corner where he was out of of way be created v.as Salinas to Get A riot squad finally dispersed the crowd. Doneilll At liseuni over the number registered in the August primaries of 1928. The registration for the entire county stands at 21.675 voters.

They are divided into party affiliations as follows: Republicans 15.529 Democrats 4,441 Prohibition 104 Socialist 80 Decline to state 1.521 MISS DEL RIO-GIBBOXS I Repub-proper kind of insurance on it v- oGfaa Guad- the short and long olirnp TTnnP Pnt.prfl tprmc Rnnromo Tnet ra TViti 336: La Patm. Supreme Court Justice John SANTA BARBARA Heber J. Grant, successor to Brigham Young land Joseph F. Smith as head of the Mormon church (the Church of i Christ. Latter Day Saints), will be in Santa Barbara next Sunday 171 morning and preach at a service COUCCIS lOOlS to be conducted in the Masonic From Far Fna1Mm at oclock.

i i tun ill Grant was elected to presidency the Mormon church in 1918. Rubber Factory SALINAS, Aug. 2. (UR) A factory where a sjx'cirs of Mexican Long and Moncrieff lay face down wards for hours, patching the torn rear fin of the dirigible. Ensign Gill of necessary the abandonment of theaPe 132; Lompoc, 1364; Los Alamos, M.

Logan, Democrat, for the long Not onlv will guests at the fair'149: Mesa 43: Mission- 223: Mon- term, and Ben Williamson. Demo- have the chance to see the big tocita 512; rcutt 396 A.shland capitalist, for the nave tne cnance to see tne Santa Barbara 12815; Santa short term. ship at the air college but also 2g58 ganta Rita 76; Santai may inspect the entire institution during their visit here. Flooded, commercial rubber will be IMaVy IS ISllOl here immediately at a cost of $150,000, it was announced Ensign Frank Gill arrived this day. morning shortly after 11 o'clock: The plant will be built on the sagebrush will be transformed commercial rubber will LOS ANGELES, Aug.

2 (U.R) TheThis is the first time the prophet Uebeny museum of the petroleum 'has visited this section of the Industry, the only one of its kind state. thp world, will be established its own building here soon. E. L. Doheny, multi-millionaire oil mag- ATTENTION! Fifteen Kilted Alp Can Stay Till December TOKIO, Aug.

2 (U.R) Fifteen per-SANTA BARBARA, Aug. 2 sons were killed outright and many (U.R) The wedding of Dolores Del more believed drowned by heavy WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (U.R) The P-io, Mexican screen beauty, and floods that Inundated parts immigration board of the labor de-, Cedric Gibbons, motion picture art central Japan today, partment ruled today that Primo cirector, will take place here prob- It was estimated that over a Camera, Italian heavyweight fight-'ably next Wednesday, it was re-! thousand houses were entirely or er, might remain in this country, vealed in their notice of Intention partly submerged by the sudden until December 31, 1930. Overruling on file here tody. In making ap- overflow of water.

Communication a previous decision, It extended the plication for a license, Miss Del lines from the stricken district were Italian's permit to stay ln this, Rio said she was 24 and Gibbons, destroyed. country for a period of six months a native of Ireland, said he was The flood was caused by confront June 31, on which his previous, 40. They can obtain a license ln tinued rainstorms during the past expired. 'three days under California law. flew days.

TO AVED IN COUNTY SEAT of from the airplane carrier Saratoga plantation occupied by the Inter- natp' announced today, at San Pedro to visit today and to- continental Rubber company, said Doheny has sent out the first exmorrow with his parents, Mr. and D. H. Carnahan, president. There nedition for the museum, gathering Mrs.

Frark Gill, of Orcutt. are already 600 acres of the shrub Photographic records for practically He was met at the field by Mr. under intensive cultivation, he every large oil field in the world, and Mrs. Gill and a number of lur'said, which will be added to at the A second expedition will gather old friends. of 1.000 acres a year.

'machinery and implements used The young naval aviator who, A commercially usable variety of in primitive recovery of petroleum nice was a grid star for the local guayule or dry rubber has been in the Orient and Near East. The high school and later for the Uni- suree.s-jfuHy obtained from the evolution of the industry will be ersity of California, came up in a roots of the plant, which Is In another exhibit. single seat pursuit plane and will shrub growing wild on the Mexi-; Doheny drilled the first successful return to his past in San Pedro to-jean plains and transplanted sue-, oil well in Southern California morrow. eessfully to California. more than 37 years ago..

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